Islamabad, Nov 11: The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
(FBISE) Monday announced Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Supplementary
Examination with pass percentage of 60.65. Of total 8307 candidates, 5021
succeeded to pass all papers of the examination held in September this year,
said a press release of the board.

The candidates can also inquire about their
result by sending an SMS on 5050 in the format of FB[roll
number].

Besides, the result has also been made available on the Federal
Board's webiste-www.fbise.edu.pk. The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) annual
examination, 2009 will commence from March 26, it added.

The result cards
of candidates in Pakistan will be despatched on their respective addresses in
their admission forms while those of candidates from abroad to the heads of
institutions they appeared in the examination.

Similarly, the result
cards of Northern Areas are being sent to the Sub- Office Gilgit for further
distribution. All candidates whose result has been withheld for want of fee or
eligibility are advised to resolve these discrepancies to declare their result,
the press release added. This year, five unfair-means case were reported in the
exams. The News

"I want to know about the registration for SSC-I and II exam to be held in 2011"
Name: Aftab
Email: pec@qatar.net.qa
City, Country:Islamabad, Pakistan

"Pls send my result .i appeared in suplementary exame 2010 in matric. I forgot my roll no and my roll no slip is msiplaced. i want to get my result card from FBISE Islamabad. unless i have roll no i can,t get it.. My name is Waqas Alam S/o M Alam Khan.."
Name: waqas Alam
Email:faqirmhd@yahoo.com
City, Country:skardu Pakistan

Schoolboys waste time, money at snooker clubs
Rawalpindi: A large number of schoolboys could be spotted at snooker clubs
in different parts of the city during school time not only wasting money but
also precious time for studies.

According to a survey, more than 1,000 private clubs are operating in the city where snooker,
videogames and carom boards are available round-the-clock. It has been witnessed
that boys go to these clubs in the morning bunking off their school and waste
their pocket money by playing games.

Club owners charge around Rs20 for a
snooker game, Rs10 for a videogame and Rs10 for a single game of carom.Munir
Ahmed, a student of class 8, said "I visit snooker clubs to relax and
sometimes I miss my classes in school."

Riaz Akhtar said "My son failed
in the annual SSC examinations last year and I punished him severely, but he
hasn't stopped going to snooker clubs." Raja Imran Abbasi, a schoolteacher,
said: "Parents should look after their children as to what they do throughout
the day."

Israr Ahmed Shah, a snooker club owner, said: "We don't force
boys to come and play games. They come all by themselves to play games. It is
our business and we have families to feed. I cannot disallow anyone coming to my
club." The News

96 centres set for debate, essay-writing competitions
Rawalpindi: Ninety-six centres have been set up in Rawalpindi district for speech and essay writing competitions
among schoolchildren, organised by the Punjab government.

Iftikhar Baig,
Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) chairman, has
been nominated as regional coordinator for the competitions.

Baig said that banners mentioning schedule of the competitions would be
displayed at every government and registered private school and focal persons
for each centre had been told to educate all primary and middle school students
on how to participate in the competitions.

He said result of the
competitions would be announced on the same day and the winners would be given
prizes ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 0.2 million.

On the directives of
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the debate and essay writing competitions
in Urdu and English are being held at primary, middle, secondary, higher
secondary and post-graduate levels across the province.

Assistant
Education Officer (Male Elementary Educator) Sajjad Hussain praised the CM for
taking this initiative, saying it would breathe a new spirit in the
students.

Dramatic performance on Iqbal's poetry
Islamabad: Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) organised a dramatic performance on Iqbal's 'Shikwa' and
'Jawab-e-Shikwa' in connection with his 161st birth anniversary on Monday.

The even was arranged in collaboration with Repertory Theatre and was
sponsored by AIMS Theatre. Amateur local artists from 'Aina Theatre' of
Islamabad riveted the audience at National Art Gallery (NAG) to their
performance.

The artists used multimedia projector to convey Iqbal's
message of unity, struggle, self-respect, hard work and sacrifice for the
welfare of mankind and human brotherhood.

In the performance, young
artists created space for a dialogue between music and dance. Iqbal wrote
'Shikwa' and 'Jawab-i Shikwa' in early 20th century, when Muslims in India were
developing nationhood and were oppressed British rulers and Hindu monopolists.

In 'Shikwa', the legendary poet gave voice to cries of the oppressed
Muslims and in 'Jawab-I-Shikwa' he detailed causes of their
sufferings.

These two poems had served to unite Muslims for a uniformed
task – survival with dignity. Daily Times